Management Accountant
Location: GB, SOM, Clevedon
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Professional
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Accounting/Auditing

Company profile:
Sparkol is a growing software company based outside of Bristol, UK.We specialise in making unique tools that help people get their message across without any design or technical know-how. The Sparkol team comprises talented developers, designers, writers, musicians and support staff.Our main product, VideoScribe, enables our users to create engaging whiteboard-style animations quickly and easily. It's used by thousands of business people, marketers, illustrators, video professionals, teachers and students, as well as regular folk with stories to tell.VideoScribe is available for desktop as well as iPad and Android apps.

Job description:
At Sparkol our mission is to help people bring their stories alive and get their message across. Our products empower people to communicate, regardless of technical ability. Launched in 2012, VideoScribe enables our customers to create engaging whiteboard animations quickly and easily.In two years VideoScribe has gained over 250,000 users in over 109 countries around the world. As a business with a rapidly growing user base, we are currently searching for an exceptional candidate to join our Finance team.This is a demanding but enjoyable role with enormous potential for growth. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will establish and maintain financial policies and provide a high quality support service by liaising with management on all aspects of finance.Working together with the assistant accountant, you will be responsible for preparing, developing, analysing and reporting on company financial data to ensure that senior management receive accurate and relevant information in a timely manner to enable them to make well-informed and effective decisions.This position will suit a fully qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA (or equivalent) with previous financial control and management reporting experience. The ideal candidate will have experience of operating and managing a small accounting team, have the ability to roll up their sleeves and be a confident self-starter. It is essential that you have good attention to detail, good judgement showing logical decision making, and a hands on approach. A solid understanding of accounting software principles, and SAGE is essential.

Requirements:
You will be:A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).Experience required to do this role:Demonstrable experience of working in management accounting or financial management in a small  to medium sized organisationExperience of analysing company financial dataExperience of managing a teamExperience of using SAGE or other accounting packagesExperience of working directly with/reporting to senior management.Skills required to do this role:Self-starter with good interpersonal skillsNumerate and accurate with excellent attention to detailComputer literate with a thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft WordGood organisation and administrative skills.Your responsibilities will include:-Management of the finance function and overseeing the assistant accountantMaintenance of financial records and the accounting processesRevenue, margin and cost analysis and cash forecastingPreparation of monthly P&amp;L, balance sheet and cash flowReview and monitoring of profitability through multiple lenses (product/department/customer type)Establishing and monitoring key metricsEnsuring that appropriate systems and internal controls are implemented and maintainedRecommending potential operational efficiencies and working practices and proceduresReviewing and clear understanding of non-financial information, such as billing and CRM dataAd hoc financial support e.g.to the sales team, reviewing billing system outputsCommercial financial support as required on pricingFinancial modelling - development of new models to assist in forecasting and interpretation of resultsManage payroll and providing accurate and reliable information to the Company's providerPreparation of monthly EC Sales list and quarterly VAT returns and submitting to HMRCTimely production of statutory accounts, together with internal financial reportsPreparing audit papers and interim financial statements, liaising with external advisers as required.

Benefits:
Benefits:Competitive Salary24 days holiday per year plus UK bank holidaysCompany matched pension - upon successful completion of probation periodFree daily lunches from local Italian restaurantOpportunity for training days and growthChildcare vouchersCharity sponsorship fund availableYour choice of tools so you can do your best work When applying for this post, ensure you quote "REF: Management Accountant" into the email subject line.If you want to know more about us or our product, have a look at our website #URL_22630f66c2076afb3fb3c0e5f00b0a4df2b00bf08ac6dee2d060c6387e3d609b#.You can also sign up for a free, 7-day trial of VideoScribe to try it for yourself.No agencies please